thanksgiving, n.Trivia

Jingle Bells is actually a Thanksgiving song, written about sleigh racing.

Calvin Coolidge had a pet raccoon named Rebecca whom he saved from being eaten for the 1926 White House Thanksgiving dinner.

the Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning the turkey began with George H.W. Bush.

Calvin Coolidge pardoned a raccoon for Thanksgiving 1926 and kept her as a pet at the White House.

Turkey was likely not eaten at the first Thanksgiving. Far more likely it was wildfowl, goose, passenger pigeons, or swans.

Turkey doesn't make you sleepy because of tryptophan. In fact, cheddar cheese contains even more tryptophan.